Summer Report for Tuesday 7 January 2020

8:56 AM.This summer we are looking into sports you wouldn't typically hear about on the sports bulletin - and this morning we are looking into Korfball - which for those who don't know is a similar to basket… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Parts of New Zealand experienced their warmest year ever in 2019, with some records going back more than 150 years.

Climate scientist Jim Salinger said warmer years are becoming more frequent as the… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.As we enter election year, it's still unpredictable as to whether National or Labour will take a lead onto the campaign trail, after a turbulant year in 2019 politics.

From the extreme tragedies of… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.The Black Caps have been embarrassed by Australia in the third and final cricket Test in Sydney, losing by a mammoth 279 runs.

The Australians sealed the win - and a 3-0 series victory - with a day… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Scientists are asking for help to find expensive earthquake monitoring equipment last seen when it was lowered to the seafloor off the coast of Hawke's Bay in 2018.

Five instruments, costing about… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) is confident there are enough fire fighting resources in New Zealand should a large wildfire take hold right now.

So far this fire season, 179 New Zealand… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Today in our holiday hotspots segment, we're heading to Mount Maunganui - characterised by Mauao - a large extinct volcano at the head of the sandbar, fondly referred to by locals as The Mount.

It's… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.A mammoth jury selection process is about to get underway in the rape trial of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Mr Weinstein is accused of assaulting two women in New York.

He faces life in prison if… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A professor of international relations is criticising the United States' actions against Iran as strategically incoherent, saying they could undo years of work rooting out terrorists in the region.

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8:14 AM.The death toll from the Australian fires is now at 25 after police yesterday confirmed a 71-year-old New South Wales man, who was reported missing on New Years Eve, had been found dead.

And while… Read more Audio

8:05 AM.Residents in northern Hawke's Bay are ready to evacuate their homes as a nearby forestry fire burns out of control. New Zealand fire crews have battled three separate blazes across the country in the… Read more Audio